Or do it the other way. Run your script at the top level of your music and use relative paths below that:
use File::Spec qw/splitdir/; my @files = glob "*/*/*"; foreach my $file (@files) { my ($artist, $album, $track) = File::Spec->splitdir($file); # Do something to $file using these vars and a module to # get/set tags }
Remember, your current working dir is a global variable, which lots of code relies on (all your open calls, for instance). I've always regretted chdiring around in a script. It's generally easier to work with relative paths from where you are.

In reply to Re: how to get the parent directory name? by jbert
in thread how to get the parent directory name? by juro

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